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Is it just me, or am I posting a LOT of reports recently? Seems like everybody’s got a report - as well as the ones that I’ve already listed, research is also underway by the Disaster Relief Network at the WEF, and the same with Fritz Institute with SAP. I will of course post their reports as well, once they’re out.

The NetHope White Paper on Disaster Relief is a little different. It’s the accumulated practical experience of the NetHope members, who are a good cross-section of international NGOs, although obviously there’s bias within the membership towards particular types of organisation. The research is nevertheless very useful, particularly for the way it breaks down the stages of response.

This was something I deliberately glossed over in the ECB Assessment that I did earlier this year, because I knew that NetHope would be publishing this paper. So they complement each other nicely, and hopefully give us a very firm basis for the projects that we’re now running. ECB will also fund NetHope to establish a Humanitarian Assistance Working Group, which will focus on dealing with these specific issues.

Enough reports. I’m going to do some actual work - ECB4 budgets ahoy!